Shade raiser



J. B. HEFLIN.

SHADE RAISER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3. 1920.

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UNITED STATES JAMES B. HEFLIN, OF FULTON, KENTUCKY.

SHADE KAISER.

Application filed January 3, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JAMES 13. Human, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Fulton, in the county of Fulton and State ofKentucky, has invented new and useful Improvements in Shade Raisers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, comparativelyinexpensive and efficient window shade bracket or support adapted foradjustment to locate the shade so as to cover either the upper or thelower portion of, the window opening to the end that the desired privacyin an apartment may be secured without interfering with the circulationof air or to the end that light may be admitted at the top of a windowwhile excluding the same from the lower portion thereof, and to thefurther end that the mounting and dismounting of the shade roller or ofcurtains or other drapery may v be effected without the necessity ofusing a ladder or other means of enabling the operator to reach the topof the window casing, and with these objects in view the inventionconsists in a construction and com bination of parts of which apreferred embodiment is shown in 'the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a front View of the apparatus applied in the operativeposition to a window casing.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

The device consists essentially of an extensible bar 10 comprisin therelatively adjustable members 11 and l2which, respectively carry theshade roller brackets 13 and 14 and are disposed in relativelyoverlapping sliding relation and are held at the desired relativeadjustment by means of clamps or guides 15 to the end that the apparatusmay be adapted for application to window openings of different widths.Secured to said bar and respectively to the members thereof near theirouter extremities are supporting rods 16 preferably engaged by keepers17 secured to the members Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

Serial No. 349,148.

of the bar and having upper extensions 18 with heads or grips 21 whichserve as'handholds and also as stops for contact with the,

lower ends of the guides to limit the upward" movement of the rodsandhence prevent displacement from the guides, while arranged at the top ofthe casing at each side is double spring clip consisting of the fronttongue 22 and the side tongue adapted when the device is adjusted to thelimit of its upward movement the ends of the bar will. be engaged bysaid tongues and securely held in position. The springs 20, however,serve when the shade is at an in termediate adjustment as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, to grip the rods 16 with sufiicientforce to prevent accidental dropping of the bar l0 with. its attachmentswhile permitting an adjustment to be effected merely by exerting upwardor downward pressure upon the finger holds 21.

lVhat is claimed is:

A shade roller support having a bracket bar adapted for arrangement intransverse relation to a window casing, supporting rod connected withsaid bar and guides attachable to a window casing for receiving andholding said rods in'their adjusted po-' sit-ions and clips attachableto the window casing at its top and consisting of front and side tonguesfor engagement with the terminals of said bar at the limit of its upwardadjustment 7 In testimony whereof he affixes his signature. V 7

JAMES B. HEFLIN.

